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Unit 2: Topic 2.5 Cultural Consequences of Connectivity Map

Learning Objective: Explain the intellectual and cultural effects of the various networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

Annotate this map and complete this handout with notes from the presentation and pgs. 111-116 in your AMSCO book.

Diffusion of cultural traditions:

❏ Spread of Buddhism
❏ Spread of Hinduism
❏ Spread of Islam

Diffusion of scientific or
technological innovations:

❏ gunpowder
❏ paper

Major trading cities:

❏ Timbuktu
❏ Kilwa
❏ Samarkand
❏ Kashgar
❏ Malacca
❏ Guangzhou (Canton)
❏ Calicut
❏ Venice

Travelers:

❏ Route of Marco Polo

❏ Route of Ibn Battuta
 Impacts of Islam Impacts of Buddhism Impacts of Hinduism
(include examples of syncretism) (include examples of syncretism) (include examples of syncretism)

Intellectual Effects of Networks of Exchange Cultural Effects of Networks of Exchange

c. 1200 - 1450. c. 1200 - 1450.